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  University Challenge The case of Jason Arday, who resigned as a Cambridge professor after allegations of plagiarism and false assertions, has put a spotlight on academic vetting and rigour There’s an old joke that academic politics are so vicious because the stakes are so low. Yet while the quip might raise a wry smile in after-dinner speeches, it is not strictly true. And it is especially untrue in the case of Jason Arday, the Cambridge University sociology of education professor, who resigned on Wednesday after both the authenticity of his scholarship and the extravagance of his personal claims came under intensifying scrutiny. Here, the stakes are very high indeed. When Mr Arday was appointed to the chair by Cambridge in 2023, the university publicised the move with great fanfare. He was, its website said, “a highly respected scholar of race, inequality and education” who was now the “youngest Black person ever appointed to a professorship at Cambridge”. The announcement empha...
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  Europe's getting hotter, markets are taking note August 7, 2026 2:02 PM GMT+10 Updated 4 hours ago Item 1 of 2 A cereal crop grows after Britain's Environment Agency declared seven areas of England to be in drought, near Andover, Britain, August 4, 2026. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo [1/2] A cereal crop grows after Britain's Environment Agency declared seven areas of England to be in drought, near Andover, Britain, August 4, 2026. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Record temperatures across Europe are piling fresh pressure on food prices, supply chains and heavily indebted economies, creating another headache for financial markets already ​roiled by an Iran war-driven energy shock. Here's how extreme heat is becoming a key macroeconomic indicator for investors. Stay up to date on the key companies, data, and decisions in the ESG world with the Reuters Sustainable Finance newsletter. Sign up here. 1/ SUPPLY CHAIN ...
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  Opinion | U.S. Voters Face a Midterm Election About Nothing The parties are more divided than ever, but neither one offers a serious legislative agenda. By Sarah Rice/Bloomberg News This might be an indelicate time to ask but here goes: Is this midterm election about anything? It isn’t a question of whether the election will be consequential, because every election is in one way or another. Which party wins in November will matter a great deal to whether President Trump faces another impeachment, for instance. This election also may send important signals to both parties about how to position themselves for the coming post-Trump era. Beyond that, however, it’s oddly difficult to say what either party would do with control of Congress. On the Republican side, no one seems to be proposing major fiscal legislation, whether further tax reforms or spending cuts. Mr. Trump’s tariffs are the most important and controversial economic policy going at the moment, but there’s no talk of cre...
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  CHINESE RATS GET THEIR STORYLINE WRONG! China deja en un limbo la película sobre su gran epopeya naval de la conquista de Taiwán ‘La batalla naval de Penghu’ desaparece de las carteleras chinas sin estrenarse en un contexto marcado por la tensión en el estrecho y el debate nacionalista en redes sociales Un sistema militar taiwanés de misiles Patriot desplegado en un parque local de Taipéi, el 6 de agosto. ANN WANG (REUTERS) El 25 de julio, una flota de 50 navíos de guerra debía zarpar en las pantallas de cine de toda China rumbo a Taiwán. Pero no lo hizo. La batalla naval de Penghu ( The Belief en su título internacional), una superproducción histórica llamada a convertirse en el taquillazo patriótico del verano, se esfumó de las carteleras. Aunque las principales plataformas de venta de entradas aún la mantienen en el limbo bajo la etiqueta de “próximamente”, ni sus responsables ni los organismos reguladores han ofrecido una explicación sobre el aplazamiento del estreno o anun...
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  U.S. Says Putin Willing to Test NATO With Limited Assaults Intelligence forecasts see a cornered leader opting for incursions or cyber actions BY LARA SELIGMAN AND YOKO KUBOTA WASHINGTON— Russian President Vladimir Putin could try to test NATO’s resolve with a limited assault on an allied country in the next few years, according to new U.S. intelligence reports that posit possible scenarios ranging from a cyberattack to a smallscale land incursion. The assessments, described by U.S. officials, come amid a shortfall in certain critical munitions that the military would need to confront Russia or China in a potential war. The U.S. has severely degraded its stockpile of these weapons through transfers to Ukraine as well as the conflict with Iran. Stockpiles at risk include long-range Precision Strike Missiles and Army Tactical Missile Systems, as well as short-range Stinger surface-to-air missiles, other officials said. The U.S. had previously assessed that Putin wouldn’t provoke a ...
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  Congress should hold the line on chips Financial Times Europe7 Aug 2026The writer is an FT con trib ut ing editor and chief eco nom ist at Amer ican Com pass Oren Cass ChangXin Memory Tech no lo gies (CXMT) gained 466 per cent dur ing its first day oftrad ing on the Shang hai Stock Exchange last week, clos ing as the most valu able list -ing in China. The com pany, foun ded only a dec ade ago, has very quickly become amajor global sup plier of memory chips. It is a poster child for Chinese indus trial policy, enjoy ing bil lions of dol lars in sub -sidies, with more than one-third of equity held dir ectly by the state. PC makers HP,Asus, and Acer have begun using CXMT memory chips and Apple is qual i fy ing themfor devices sold in China while lob by ing for per mis sion to integ rate them into its USsup ply chain. What is sur pris ing is CXMT’s suc cess in this par tic u lar sec tor. Semi con ductor man u -fac tur ing equip ment (SME) is the rare area where developed demo cra cies...
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  Putin Looks to FSB Hardliners to Keep His Wartime Elite in Line By Bloomberg News August 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM GMT+10 Save Translate 5:51 Takeaways by Bloomberg AI Many of Russia’s elite increasingly fear the Federal Security Service is out of control as President Vladimir Putin tasks the agency with maintaining his grip on power amid growing unease over the war in Ukraine. A terrorism charge against billionaire Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov is the latest indicator of an intensifying wave of repression by the service, known as the FSB, according to people close to the Kremlin, asking not to be identified discussing sensitive issues. While the president has long ruled by balancing between security hardliners and more moderate, economy-focused groups among his officials, many within Kremlin circles feel that Putin now leans consistently toward advocates of harsher control over business and society, the people said. That’s stirring tensions as the FSB expands its reach with no obvio...
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